Has Darren Weir been charged? (2023)

Who is Darren Weir?

Horse racing trainer Darren Weir committed to stand trial on charges of animal abuse, conspiracy. Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Darren Weir will fight allegations he conspired to cheat or defraud racing stewards during the 2018 spring racing carnival.

A jigger is a battery powered electric shock device, similar to a taser. Long used in the Australian racing industry as a means of pushing horses to run faster, their use was curbed during race meets once stewards vision of races improved with the introduction of video surveillance.[i]

Prince of Penzance is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred race horse who won the 2015 Melbourne Cup. He was trained by Darren Weir. In the race, he was ridden by Michelle Payne, who became the first female jockey to win the race.

MAKYBE DIVA (2003-2005)

'The Diva' is now doing just that at Makybe Stud, a boutique thoroughbred farm in Victoria founded by Tony Santic. At 22 she's recently been retired from breeding, produced five race winners although none of her foals have yet reached great heights.

Chris Waller Racing corporate office is located in PO Box 3069, North Parramatta, New South Wales, 1750, Australia and has 16 employees.

The whip is used as a training aid by means of negative reinforcement. By applying an aversive stimulus to a horse, the horse is expected to respond and when the response is observed, the stimulus should cease. The whip in thoroughbred racing must be padded and designed to be energy absorbing.

A tongue tie is a piece of material that fits between the horse's tongue and lower jaw. The idea is to keep the tongue in a fixed and comfortable position when the horse is racing, so that it doesn't swallow its tongue.

Jiggers refer to illegal battery-powered shock devices. They were commonly used in Australian horse racing until the quality of stewards' surveillance improved with the introduction of video recording. Nowadays, those inclined to apply them must rely on illegal training prior to a race.

In a statement to News Corp Australia, Racing Victoria said: "Darren Weir was disqualified for a period of four years beginning 6 February 2019 so his disqualification is not due to expire for another (nine) months."

Do jockeys make good money?

The salaries of Horse Jockeys in the US range from $10,049 to $271,427 , with a median salary of $48,880 . The middle 57% of Horse Jockeys makes between $48,882 and $123,036, with the top 86% making $271,427.

Of the seven Makybe Diva foals to race five have won with the other three being Demand Attention (by Starspangeldbanner) who her maiden at Seymour back in June, Surrey (by High Chapparal) who won at Matamata and Taqneen (by Lonhro) who won two picnic races at Merton and Balnarring.

She was the highest stakes-earner in Australian history, winning more than A$ 14 million.

Now the mother of 5 foals, two of which have made it to the racetrack to date, Black Caviar is living out her years in in the paddocks of NSW's Hunter Valley.

Since that time which is just a tick over 10 years Chris Waller has won over 900 races in Australia with over 680 coming in the Metropolitan area. Chris now has 120 horses in work at Rosehill.

Overall, Waller won 339 races during the 2018/19 season, 220 of them in town, for total stakes in excess of $43.6 million. Despite the retirement of Winx, Waller still lifted his earnings past $44 million during the 2019/20 season, winning both of Sydney's two new mega-rich races.

Christian Nicolussi from The Daily Telegraph

Waller is clearly in demand with 300 horses on his books — but now he could also become the most expensive for any interested owner with a smart horse.

There are rules about how many times a jockey can whip a horse. Currently, the maximum is seven times in a Flat race and eight times in a Jump race. (The rules had been made tougher in 2011 but, following a rebellion by jockeys, the industry softened its approach.)

Two papes published in journal Animals lend support to a ban on whipping in horse racing. They respectively show that horses feel as much pain as humans would when whipped, and that the whip does not enhance race safety.

Does it hurt the horse when the jockey hits it?

Jockey's whip doesn't hurt horses

The whips used in horse racing are lightweight and made with soft foam. Jockeys strike their horses to encourage them to run, and hitting them with the whip creates a popping sound that makes a horse focus. The modern whip is designed to create noise, not pain.

The most common cause of epistaxis in the horse is trauma to the head. Blunt trauma, such as knocking the head on a stable door, branch, etc or a kick or fall can cause hemorrhage into a sinus, which then drains via the nostril(s).

One item is a strap tied to a horse's tongue and secured under its lower jaw. Why are racehorses' tongues tied? Racehorses' tongues are tied for two reasons, 1) to prevent the horse's tongue from getting over the bit, and 2) to avoid breathing interference caused by the displacement of the soft palate.

Horse leg wraps support tendons and ligaments, and protect against rundown abrasions and interference injuries. They are also used to cover wounds, keep flies off horses' legs, and sometimes put on a horse because they add a little flair.

If left untreated, jiggers can lead to deadly secondary infections or even amputation. People suffering with jiggers usually attempt to remove them with safety pins, thorns, or other sharp, and often unsanitary, objects.

Jiggers are treated by slicing open the skin with a sharp razor and removing the egg sack from the host. It's a quick step repeated hundreds or thousands of times on a person's body until they are 100% jigger free. Once Jigger free, their empty wounds must heal, and they are fitted for shoes.

Chiggers of the genus Eutrombicula prefer birds, reptiles, rodents or other small mammals as hosts. Although chiggers readily bite people if given a chance, humans do not make good hosts. Chiggers often do not survive on humans more than 1 or 2 days, because of people's adverse skin reactions and scratching.

Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who is banned from the Kentucky Derby, is on a mission to restore two legacies -- his own and that of Medina Spirit, who was stripped of the 2021 victory after testing positive for an anti-inflammatory medication following the race.

The winningest thoroughbred jockey in history is John Velazquez, who has earned $452,078,586 in his long career. He started over 35,000 races, winning 6,407. The next highest-earning U.S. jockey is Javier Castellano, who has started over 30,000 races with 5,503 wins, for earnings of over $368 million.

How much do jockeys get per ride?

However, as a general rule of thumb Flat jockeys receive around 8.5% of the advertised win prize and 2.61% of the advertised place prize. Jump Jockeys receive around 11.03% of the win prize and 3.44% of the place prize. The riding fee is negotiated annually between the PJA and the ROA.

Prince of Penzance is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred race horse who won his maiden race at Stawell in March of 2013 and went on to win the 2015 Melbourne Cup at odds of 100 to 1. He overcame injuries and then a severe bout of colic which required surgery to go on to win “The Cup”.

William Hill Australia recorded its biggest ever Melbourne Cup. But one of their punters picked Prince of Penzance for a massive $169,000 windfall. The punter placed several bets on the Darren Weir trained gelding on the morning of the race.

Prince Of Penzance has concluded its racing career, last running on the 8th Oct 2016 at Caulfield.

Winx (foaled 14 September 2011) is a retired champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. Between May 2015 and her retirement in April 2019, she won 33 consecutive races including 28 Group 1s (a world record), at distances ranging from 1300 metres (roughly 61⁄2 furlongs) to 2200 metres (roughly 11 furlongs).

Black Caviar was purchased for $210,000 at the Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. She was purchased by a team of eight and given to Peter Moody to train. She was a relatively cheap purchase given that dam Helsinge was a daughter of Desert Sun, which had given birth to champion mare Sunline.

"Winx has been given a full year to recover from her ordeal and we are pleased to report that the mare has returned in great condition," a statement read. "She has been enjoying life on the farm with some friends while she is preparing to go back to the breeding barn this Spring."

The highest-earning racehorse in North America is named Arrogate, who has earned over $17 million in prize money. Arrogate's biggest win came in the 2017 $12 million Pegasus World Cup, where he took home a massive payday.

RV Stewards and jockeys inspected the track following the running of Race 3 with an unstable piece of turf detected near the 1200m mark. Stewards and jockeys agreed that the section of track was not safe for racing and that the meeting should be abandoned.

The statue commemorates Melbourne Cup winner, Makybe Diva who won the Melbourne Cup on three occasions. The life-size statue was unveiled in the home town of her owner Tony Santic.

Why was Black Caviar retired?

Collectively, in a discussion in the morning of the 17th of April, the connections with the horse decided that by bowing out in this fashion, she'd never be thought of in a diminished light. They'd stop running her before anything could go wrong.

Black Caviar has now foaled five fillies and two colts since her retirement from racing in 2013, with four of those becoming racehorses. Oscietra, Prince Of Caviar and Invincible Caviar have all won races, while the latter is under the care of Black Caviar's trainer, Peter Moody.

Black Caviar (foaled 18 August 2006) is a champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was undefeated in 25 races, including 15 Group Ones, an Australian record. She was the 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 WTRR World Champion Sprinter.

Prince Of Penzance has concluded its racing career, last running on the 8th Oct 2016 at Caulfield.

Michelle Payne became the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, Australia's most prestigious horse race. As she came off the course in Victoria, she told waiting media: “I want to say to everyone else, get stuffed, because women can do anything and we can beat the world.”

After the race the jockey must weigh in with all his kit, to confirm that the horse carried the right weight. When all the jockeys have been weighed after a race, you will hear the racecourse commentator announce “Weighed in. Weighed in.”

Payne has previously had two horror falls, one in 2004 that left her with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain, and had her family trying to convince her to give up the sport she loved.

The real money for jockeys comes from prize money, if they can ride a horse to finish first, second or third in a race and earn part of the purse. The percentages a jockey receives for a thoroughbred race range from 5% for a second- or third-place finish to 10% for first place, according to the Covington Reporter.

Prince of Penzance is a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred race horse who won his maiden race at Stawell in March of 2013 and went on to win the 2015 Melbourne Cup at odds of 100 to 1. He overcame injuries and then a severe bout of colic which required surgery to go on to win “The Cup”.